Roy Williams doesn’t visit Michael Jordan without taking a surprise.
The Smith Center is a veritable basketball archive. While going through some of Dean Smith’s office items recently, a photograph was uncovered that pictured Smith with Jordan in a practice setting. Williams hadn’t seen the photograph before (it doesn’t turn up on Google Image searches), so he stuck it in his car before making the drive to Charlotte for some Halloween festivities with his grandchildren on Saturday night, followed by the Hornets season opener on Sunday with three Williams-coached players plus Jordan.
Even though he owns the team, it’s difficult to think of Jordan as anything other than the greatest basketball player on earth.